original description(ofPlatyrhacus magnificus Attems, 1933)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1934). Neue Myriopoden des Museums Basel. Verhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 45: 43-62. Basel page(s): 58, fig. 16 -18 [details]
original description(ofPlatyrhacus designatus Attems, 1901)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin page(s): 205, 209, fig. 220; note: nom. nov. pro [details]
new combination referenceJeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101. page(s): 56-57; note: The records of this species from so many widely separated localities
are quite unrealistic. Supposedly the old type material was mislabelled; the
Borneo and Malay material was probably wrong identif...
The records of this species from so many widely separated localities
are quite unrealistic. Supposedly the old type material was mislabelled; the
Borneo and Malay material was probably wrong identified. Probably East
Sumatra is the only correct locality.